Burial-casket.



W. F. SAVIDGE.

BURIAL GASKET.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 22, 1913- 1,,124fi65, Patented Jan.5, 1915.

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WILLIAM F. SAVIDGE, 0F SLATINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIRDS TO OLIVER F. FOLLWEILER AND JOHN F. PAULES, OF SLA'IEDALE, PENNSYLVANIA.

BURIAL-CASKET.

Application filed November 22, 1913.

To (5% whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM F. SAVIDGE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Slatington, in the county of Lehigh and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Burial-Caskets, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in burial caskets, especially those constructed of concrete material, and among the principal features of my invention are the novel forms of joints between the side and end walls of the casket, and the simple and facile operation of assembling the parts of the completed casket.

The invention consists in certain novel combinations and arrangements of parts as will hereinafter be fully described claimed. I

In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated one complete example of the physical embodiment of my invention constructed according to the best mode I have so far devised for the practical application of the principles of the invention.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a complete casket constructed according to the principles of my invention. Fig. 'Zis a perspective view of the top or cover of the casket, inverted. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the body of the casket made up of two end and two side members, of concrete material. Fig. 4: is a top plan view of the bottom of the casket. Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectional view showing a joint between an end wall and a side wall. Fig. 6 is a vertical transverse sectional view showing the joints between the body and the top and bottom of the casket.

,In the preferred embodiment of my in vention, as shown in the drawings, the casket comprises the top member 1, the two end walls 2 and 3, the two side walls 4: and 5, and the bottom 6. Each of these parts or sections is constructed separately, of concrete material. and of suitable size, and complementary to each other, so that when assembled the parts appear as shown in Fig. 1.

The top member 1 is formed with an integral rib 7 which extends around the under face of the member near its four edges, and the inner face of the member is paneled at 88 in order to reduce the weight and ma- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 5, 1915..

Serial No. 802,457.

terial required. Each of the two sides and two end walls is formed with a groove in the upper edges, as 99 and 1010, and these four grooves provide a continuous rectangular recess for the reception of the rib 7 on the under side of the top 1. The bot tom edges of each of the two sides and two end members are also provided with a rib as 11, and this rib is adapted to seat in a rectangular groove 12 extending around the four edges of the bottom member 6, and arranged in the upper face of said member. The side and end members respectively are paneled at 13 and 14: similar to the panel 8, and for the same purpose, to reduce weight and consumption of material.

One of the especially meritorious features of my invention resides in the construction of the joint members connecting the end and side walls of the casket, and this construction is best illustrated in the sectional view of Fig. 5. In this view it will be seen that the side member 5, at its end, is formed with a double rib as 1515, which together forms a dovetail projection extending from the top to the bottom of the end of the side wall, and between these ribs a recessed portion or groove 16 is provided in the curved surface of the dove-tail rib, as shown in Fig. 5, forming a compound curve for the outer surface of the rib.

The end member 3 is provided with a complementary groove 17, which is also dove-tail in shape, and is formed by the flanges 18 and 19 which extend outwardly to form the groove.

It will be seen in Fig. 5 that the corner of the end wall 3 is cut away sufficiently to admit the thickness of the side wall 5, between the ends of the two flanges 18 and 19. The locking members of the joint are secured together by means of a sealing medium as indicated at 20, in Fig. 5, and this sealing medium may be cement of suitable and desirable character. The tongue and groove joints between the top and bottom and body of the casket are also sealed with cement, and in Fig. 5, the cement is indicated at 21 between the side and. end walls. The presence of the cement in all of the joints insures a perfectly air-tight and water-tight receptacle for purposes well understood.

As before stated, the sections of the casket are constructed independently, and in assembling the parts the body, comprising the tWo ends and tWo sides, is first assembled. These parts are connected together by sliding the clove-tailed tongue or rib on the side piece into the complementary groove located in the ends of the end pieces, the sides and ends are located in proper position on the bottom, it being understood that the cement is used to seal the joint between the tongue and groove on the body of the casket and the bottom. After the four sides and ends are located in proper position the cement seats 20 and 21 are filled in the groove and interstices of the body of the casket, and When the top of the casket is placed in posi tion the cement is also placed in the groove extending around the upper edge of the body of the casket. In this manner all of the four joints are thoroughly sealed in a Workman-like manner for the purpose specified, and the parts are rigidly and securely held and pressed so as to prevent collapse of the receptacle.

Having thus fully described my invention, What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is 2- The combination in a burial casket of a side member having a dovetail rib extending diagonally therefrom and having a grooved outer surface, with an end member having a perpendicular linear and lateral flange located to inclose the rib and formed With a groove coacting With the grooved surface in the rib to provide a cement seal.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in presence of Witnesses.

l VILLIAM F. SAVIDGE. Witnesses:

HARRY E. GRAFFIN, MINERVA KRIEBEL, WM. H. SOHNELLER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents Washington, D. Q. 

